Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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